Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
0 — not applicable or unspecified
1 — fetus 1
2 — fetus 2
3 — fetus 3
4 — fetus 4
5 — fetus 5
9 — other fetus
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O69. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O69 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.
0 — not applicable or unspecified
1 — fetus 1
2 — fetus 2
3 — fetus 3
4 — fetus 4
5 — fetus 5
9 — other fetus
O69.81X0Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, not applicable or unspecifiedBillable / specificO69.81X1Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, fetus 1Billable / specificO69.81X2Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, fetus 2Billable / specificO69.81X3Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, fetus 3Billable / specificO69.81X4Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, fetus 4Billable / specificO69.81X5Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, fetus 5Billable / specificO69.81X9Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, other fetusBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| O69.82 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, without compression | Category · further specificity required |
| O69.89 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression (O69.81)